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This template is transcluded onto the [[Main Page|main page]] to display a random image from a list. | |||
==Usage== | |||
'''To add a screenshot/caption:''' | '''To add a screenshot/caption:''' | ||
''Please note that if you do not have the appropriate [[Special:ListGroupRights|user rights]], you will not be able to add a screenshot. If you'd like a screenshot to be featured on the main page, please [[Special:Upload|upload the file]] and post a link to it on an [[PZwiki:administrators|administrator's]] talk page.'' | |||
* Upload the file if it isn't on the wiki already. | * Upload the file if it isn't on the wiki already. | ||
* Edit this page. | * Edit this page. | ||
* Change the following.. | * Change the following... | ||
<nowiki>{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|</nowiki>'''<nowiki>{{rand|#}}</nowiki>'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki> | <nowiki>{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|</nowiki>'''<nowiki>{{rand|#}}</nowiki>'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki> | ||
: ...to be this: | |||
<nowiki>{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|</nowiki>'''<nowiki>{{rand|#+1}}</nowiki>'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki> | <nowiki>{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|</nowiki>'''<nowiki>{{rand|#+1}}</nowiki>'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki> | ||
* Copy and paste the following between the last line of the page and the one before it: | * Copy and paste the following between the last line of the page and the one before it: | ||
Revision as of 11:42, 30 July 2018
This template is transcluded onto the main page to display a random image from a list.
Usage
To add a screenshot/caption:
Please note that if you do not have the appropriate user rights, you will not be able to add a screenshot. If you'd like a screenshot to be featured on the main page, please upload the file and post a link to it on an administrator's talk page.
- Upload the file if it isn't on the wiki already.
- Edit this page.
- Change the following...
{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|{{rand|#}}}}
- ...to be this:
{{#switch:{{#ifexpr:{{{test|0}}}=1|{{{1}}}|{{rand|#+1}}}}
- Copy and paste the following between the last line of the page and the one before it:
|#=[[File:FILENAME.xyz|center|800px|500px|CAPTION]]''CAPTION''
- Test your changes by inserting
{{Main Page Screenshot|#|test=1}}onto a page and previewing, you should see your screenshot/caption.
Please do not use equals signs or vertical bars in your captions.